Tuesday, March 31, 2009

love and marriage

in lieu of a card (which, of course, I neglected to get in the mail) I would like to celebrate with a little photo essay.

All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different.

John Berger (b. 1926) art critic and novelist

The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together.

Robert C. Dodds (1919-1989)minister and psychologist

Shared laughter is erotic too.

Marge Piercy (b. 31 march 1936) novelist and poet

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) humorist, writer, lecturer

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.

Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) humorist and writer

happy anniversary mom and dad! maybe next year I'll get the card in the mail, in fact, I think I've had this card for a couple years now.....

notes on photos (with the exception of the last photo all pictures were transferred from film):

rita & shan's wedding day, 31 march 1951 harwood mines, pennsylvania

since there are what appears to be palm trees in the picture, I expect it was taken after their wedding. I don't think they traveled together outside of pennsylvania before getting married.

my parents have always had a playful and passionate relationship. this picture was snapped sometime in the late 1970s, during my dad's mustache years - I really loved his mustache

my folks 50th anniversary, march 31, 2001

my parents with their 'kids' at my dad's 86th birthday celebration, august 2008

sinatra, one of my parents favorite entertainers, singing "love and marriage" the vid is from the 1958 movie 'indiscreet' starring ingrid bergman and cary grant

What a great mini-chronicle of your parents' journey together. Congratulations to them! Nice choice of video, too. I may check to see if there's a DVD version hanging around in the RI library system; I've never seen Indiscreet.

What a wonderful tribute to your parents, Kimy. You are very blessed to have had them in your life for so many years. Please always remember to tell them you love them often. and hug them when you visit. Wow, how cool....

it was lovely to be able to share with all my buds in the cyberhood. thanks for the wishes and lovely comments.

fortunately my parents do have access and the ability to check out the mouse; although life is busy so sometimes it may be days before they 'check in.'

yesterday I called to wish them happy anniversary on the phone. when I was on the phone, I had my ma wander over to the mouse - she was very touched and delighted and while she was looking at the post, my dad wandered into the room, so a double delight to hear both of them go down memory lane and respond to the accompanying quotes - the erma bombeck was the biggest hit - and my mom laughed at the dodds quote remarking that she and my dad definitely never think alike - to wit I say but you do always think together!

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unless noted otherwise, all photos on the mouse are taken by me, kim yanoshik. you are welcome to use them if credit is given. if you seek to make a profit, you need to first ask permission to use the photo; then you are obliged to share that profit with yours truly, otherwise karma will catch up with you!